Gordon-Reed has a law degree and a bachelor’s degree yet, apparently without a Ph.D. or even an M.A., is now teaching history at Harvard. Gordon-Reed made a major splash with Thomas Jefferson and ...

Don’t miss the exhibit dedicated to Sally Hemings, mother to six of Jefferson’s children, which relates poignant stories told by her son Madison and other family members.

If Thomas Jefferson had not owned more than 600 slaves during his lifetime, we would not have Monticello to visit today. Slaves built every inch of Monticello.

Gayle Jessup White of Henrico County -- a descendant of the Hemings and Jefferson families -- is the new community engagement officer at Monticello.

As a teen, Hemings traveled to France with Jefferson and then as an adult won freedom for four surviving children and lived out her final years with two of her children at a house in Charlottesville.

Three years after the Thomas Jefferson Foundation celebrated her addition to its board, acclaimed Jefferson historian Annette Gordon-Reed has resigned. It is a significant loss for the board ...

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — At the call for pictures, members of Thomas Jefferson's family and descendants of his slaves once again crowded between columns of the president's hilltop estate of ...

Adding another layer to this historical landscape is the powerful story of Beverly and John Jefferson, grandchildren of Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings, who settled in Madison and made a home here.

Downtown Madison’s streets turn into storytelling stages this summer, thanks to the Wisconsin Historical Society’s newly launched History Maker Space walking tours. These narratives explore ...

The Cole County Prosecuting Attorney's Office filed charges Monday against a woman accused of trying to suffocate her children Sunday in a hotel room. Lydia Ginger, 36, allegedly tried to use ...

At the East Bank Regional Library, the parish sold 3D-printed busts of Thomas Jefferson using the library's Makerspace in the parish colors of indigo, blue, orange or yellow for $100 each.